Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh concluded the online meeting on July 15 on setting up support centres, hotlines to help people amid COVID-19 outbreak (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has required southern localities to immediately set up support centres and hotlines to provide help to people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic which has been spreading fast recently.
He made the instruction while chairing an online meeting on July 15 between the cabinet and leaders of 27southern localities on pandemic prevention and control measures.
According to Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long, in the latest resurgence, COVID-19 outbreaks have hit 58 out of 63 cities and provinces nationwide, due to the highly contagious Deltavariant of SARS-CoV-2.
The pandemic has developed complicatedly in a number ofsouthern localities with rising number of infections, he said, noting that inthe first weeks of June, about 300 new COVID-19 cases were found each dayaveragely, but the daily figure has risen to over 2,000 cases in recent days.
In this context, the ministry has sent about 10,000 medicalstaff and volunteers to Ho Chi Minh City and other southern localities to support the pandemic fight, while issuing guidelines on the reduction of quarantine time andthe pilot home quarantine for F1s as well as COVID-19 patient management and treatment,said Long.
He affirmed that goods transportation and social security hasbeen ensured, adding that the Health Ministry is building plans to ensure healthcare servicesupply in case of 100,000 COVID-19 infections.
The minister predicted that as the pandemic has spread widely with manyoutbreaks in markets, industrial parks and populous residential areas, in thenext few days, HCM City will continue to see high number of new infectionsbefore the situation becomes more stable and is put under control when thesocial distancing period ends.
HCM City’s neighbouring localities and other southernlocalities are likely to continue recording high number of new COVID-19 cases, he said.
Concluding the meeting, PM Chinhaffirmed that the Government is determined to stamp out the pandemic in HCMCity and some central and southern localities, with top priority given to caringfor people’s health.
The Government leader asked for prompt zoning off andtesting to control the pandemic, along with giving treatmentfor COVID-19 patients to minimise fatalities. He also stressed the need to speedup vaccination and ensure livelihood for people, firmly ensuring security and preventing the disruption of production chains./.
According to Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long, in the latest resurgence, COVID-19 outbreaks have hit 58 out of 63 cities and provinces nationwide, due to the highly contagious Deltavariant of SARS-CoV-2.
The pandemic has developed complicatedly in a number ofsouthern localities with rising number of infections, he said, noting that inthe first weeks of June, about 300 new COVID-19 cases were found each dayaveragely, but the daily figure has risen to over 2,000 cases in recent days.
In this context, the ministry has sent about 10,000 medicalstaff and volunteers to Ho Chi Minh City and other southern localities to support the pandemic fight, while issuing guidelines on the reduction of quarantine time andthe pilot home quarantine for F1s as well as COVID-19 patient management and treatment,said Long.
He affirmed that goods transportation and social security hasbeen ensured, adding that the Health Ministry is building plans to ensure healthcare servicesupply in case of 100,000 COVID-19 infections.
The minister predicted that as the pandemic has spread widely with manyoutbreaks in markets, industrial parks and populous residential areas, in thenext few days, HCM City will continue to see high number of new infectionsbefore the situation becomes more stable and is put under control when thesocial distancing period ends.
HCM City’s neighbouring localities and other southernlocalities are likely to continue recording high number of new COVID-19 cases, he said.
Concluding the meeting, PM Chinhaffirmed that the Government is determined to stamp out the pandemic in HCMCity and some central and southern localities, with top priority given to caringfor people’s health.
The Government leader asked for prompt zoning off andtesting to control the pandemic, along with giving treatmentfor COVID-19 patients to minimise fatalities. He also stressed the need to speedup vaccination and ensure livelihood for people, firmly ensuring security and preventing the disruption of production chains./.
VNA
